Mitchell Santner show sees Worcestershire hold off Derbyshire for knockout spot

Mitchell Santner conveyed a top all over execution as Worcestershire Rapids beat Derbyshire Hawks by 28 runs at Derby to book a spot in the Essentialness Impact quarter-finals. The New Zealander pounded 64 including five sixes off 46 balls as the Rapids dashed to 222 for 5 with Adam Hose crushing an unbeaten 42 from 21 balls. Wayne Madsen scored 63 from 32 balls however the Hawks were bowled out for 194 with Pat Earthy colored taking 3 for 35, Usama Mir 3 for 38 while Santner guaranteed 1 for 28 from his four overs. The outcome implies the Birds of prey pass up a spot in the last eight while the Rapids finish third in the North Gathering. Brett D'Oliveira's choice to bat was justified and he set the vibe by driving Alex Thomson over lengthy on for six. Jack Haynes matched him by pulling Zak Chappell over wide lengthy on as 15 came from the second over yet the quick bowler answered in his next over when D'Oliveira cut him to cover. The Rapids came to 70 for 1 toward the finish of the powerplay after 17 came from George Scrimshaw's second done with Haynes and Santner both getting limits. Mattie McKiernan stemmed the stream with two tight overs however the Rapids arrived at the midway stage conveniently put on 94 for 1. The Birds of prey spinners were holding the Rapids within proper limits however when Scrimshaw returned, Santner cut him over point for six and drove him square for another four. The stand was worth 72 off 55 balls when Zaman Khan bowled Haynes with a swinging yorker and surrendered just three from the thirteenth over. Be that as it may, Santner attacked McKiernan in the fifteenth, crushing the legspinner for four back to back sixes as 29 came from the over. Chappell got back to york Santner as he made space to drive and Scrimshaw had Kashif Ali gotten at profound midwicket before Khan stuck Ben Cox lbw with another full length ball. In any case, Ed Pollock crushed a free hit for six and cleared the ropes at profound square before Adam Hose set free in the last finished. He pulled and sloped Chappell for three sixes and with 27 falling off the over, the Birds of prey had released 43 from the last two with Hose and Pollock looting 43 from 11 balls. It left the Birds of prey with an extreme pursue and Tom Wood went in the third over when he pulled Dillon Pennington to profound square leg. Haider Ali went in the fourth when a draw at Brown circled to mid-on however Harry Came gave the Birds of prey trust by pulling Pennington for six and four. The Hawks were 57 for 2 after the powerplay and Came and Madsen kept them on target by adding 71 from 38 balls before Came was befuddled off a wide from Mir. Madsen raised Mir for a major six onto the top deck of the media place yet Leus du Plooy was very much gotten at long-off by Jake Libby when he attempted to clear the ropes In any case, Madsen was still there and subsequent to coming to one more 50 from 26 balls, he drove Adam Finch for his third six preceding Brooke Visitor pulled the seamer over the ropes. The Birds of prey were beginning to accept however off the last bundle of Finch's finished, Madsen cut a drive and was splendidly discovered by Earthy colored running in off the cover limit. Visitor tumbled to Santner in the following over and as the asking rate climbed, the Hawks tumbled to earth with Earthy colored striking two times in the last over to seal a critical day for the Rapids.